The Basics: How to Make Roasted Sweet Potatoes

The Basics: How to Make Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Good for Thanksgiving, or anytime

From the store to the kitchen to the table: We outline the steps that get you from raw ingredients to your dinner tonight, free of measurements and complicated techniques. It’s a method you’ll remember and whip out whenever you like. It is the most basic way to make the thing you’re making.

1. Heat the oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit (it will take at least 20 minutes to warm up) and arrange a rack in the upper third.

2.Scrub the sweet potatoes and cut them into large, even pieces.

3. Place the sweet potatoes in the bowl, add a few tablespoons of vegetable oil, two large pinches of salt, a generous pinch of black pepper, and the brown sugar. Mix until the sweet potatoes are evenly coated.

4. Dump the sweet potatoes onto the baking sheet and spread them in an even layer. Place them in the oven.

5. Bake for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the sweet potatoes are lightly browned and roasty looking. Makes 8 servings. See more Thanksgiving Basics.